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Anti-Suit and Anti-Anti-Suit Injunctions - Amazon.com v InterDigital

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Munich Law Courts Author Berthold Werner   Licence CC BY -S A 3.0   Source Wikipedia Commons   Jane Lambert Patents Court (Mr Justice Meade) Amazon.com Inc and others v Interdigital VC Holdings Inc and others [2025] EWHC 3170 (Pat) (2 Dec 2025) This was an application by InterDigital VC Holdings Inc., InterDigital Inc., InterDigital Madison Patents Holdings SAS, InterDigital Patents Holdings Inc. and InterDigital CE Holdings SAS ( "InterDigital" ) to set aside or, alternatively, vary the ex parte interim anti-anti-suit injunction that Mr Justice Meade had granted to the claimants, Amazon.com Inc., Amazon  Digital UK Ltd., Amazon Europe Core SARL, Amazon EU SARL and Amazon Technologues Inc ( "Amazon ") on 20 Oct 2025 and continued on 30 Oct 2025.  The reason why his lordship made that order is that the Munich regional court ("Landgericht München I") and the Mannheim Local Division of the Unified Patent Court had each granted  ex parte injunctions to ...
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Patents - Networld Sports v Quick Play Sport

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Author RickDikeman   Licence CC BY-SA 3.0   Source Wikimedia Commons     Jane Lambert Patents Court (David Stone) Networld Sports Ltd v Quick Play Sport Ltd [2026] EWHC 1295 (Ch) (1 June 2026) This was an appeal by Networld Sports Ltd ("Networld") against the decision of Dr Benjamin Micklewright on behalf of the Comptroller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks of 14 Oct 2025 not to revoke claims 1 and 10 of  European patent (UK) 2 146 786 B1  on grounds of anticipation and obviousness.  The appeal was heard by Mr David Stone sitting as a deputy judge of the High Court on 9 March 2026.  Mr Stone handed down his judgment on 1 June 2026.  By para [43] of his judgment in  Networld Sports Ltd v Quick Play Sport Ltd [2026] EWHC 1295 (Ch) (1 June 2026), he dismissed Networld's appeal. The Invention The title of the patent was "Goal Apparatus".   It consisted of a  frame,  first and second flexible ...
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Trade Marks - Shorts International v Google

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  Jane Lambert Court of Appeal (Sir Colin Birss, Chancellor, Lord Justice Stephen Phillips and Lady Justice Falk) Shorts International Ltd v Google LLC [2026] EWCA Civ 668 (25 May 2026) This was an appeal by Shorts International Ltd. ("Shorts") against the order of Michael Tappin KC sitting as a deputy judge of the High Court following his judgment in  Shorts International Ltd v Google LLC [2024] EWHC 2738 (Ch) (31 Oct 2024).  There was also a cross-appeal by Google LLC ("Google").  The appeal and cross-appeal came before the Chancellor, Sir Colin Birss, Lord Justice Stephen Phillips and Lady Justice Falk on 10 and 11 March 2026.  They handed down their judgment in Shorts International Ltd v Google LLC [2026] EWCA Civ 668 on 25 May 2026. the late Spring Bank Holiday.   The Marks Shorts is the registered proprietor of the following marks for goods and services in classes 9, 38, and 41: It also registered the word SHORTSTV as a trade mark for goods a...
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Contempt of Court - Bargain Busting Ltd v Shenzhen SKE Technology

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Tipstaff By Simon Speed - Originally uploaded through the Britain Loves Wikipedia website. Public Domain,  h ttps://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10585201   Jane Lambert Chancery Division (HH Judge Paul Matthews)  Bargain Busting Ltd v Shenzhen SKE Technology Co Ltd and others [2026] EWHC 933 (Ch) (23 April 2026) These were applications by Shenzgen SKE Technology Limited ("SST") and their trade mark attorneys to strike out an application by Bargain Busting Ltd. ("BBL") to commit them to prison for contempt of court.  There was also a cross-application from BBL to add another of SST's trade mark attorneys as an additional respondent to the contempt proceedings. Alleged Contempt The alleged contempt was "Criminal contempt (intentional interference with the administration of justice) by seeking to prevent or delay the registration of a trademark as directed by the High Court." BBL had applied to register CRYSTAL BAR as a UK trade mark.  SST opp...
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